| Del Mars, The / Surf Monkey |
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| Album: | Surf Monkey | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Del Mars, The | Added: | Aug 2010 | |
| Label: | (No Label Information) | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-10-10 | Pull Date: | 2010-12-12 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 5 | Nov 21 | Nov 14 | Oct 31 | Oct 24 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 13, 2015: | Breakaway Bluff Surf Ballroom '59 | 4. | Dec 03, 2010: | The Songsmith Show Party Wave, The Sirens Sing Apache, Go! Retrograde | |
| 2. | Sep 04, 2013: | Beach Blanket Bingo Go! Retrograde | 5. | Nov 19, 2010: | The Knife Go! Retrograde | |
| 3. | Sep 09, 2011: | The Songsmith Show Surf Monkey | 6. | Nov 19, 2010: | The Songsmith Show Little Dude With A 'tude |
| Album Review |
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| MC Dizzy Jackson Reviewed 2010-10-07 | ||
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The Del Mars are a surf band here in the Bay Area and, as it says in the one-sheet, this may be their only album ever. They are quite self-deprecating in the one-sheet (quite funny stuff). Most of the tunes are instrumentals and has that Dick Dale, Hawaii Five-O sound. Lots of nice sax and guitar playing. A few decent tracks here. No FCC’s. *My Favorites*: 5, 6, 8. 1. (2:57) Mid. Cool, easy beat, horns, background female vocals, phone rings. sax solo. 2. (3:23) Mid. Bass, claps intro. Has that classic surf sounding riff, trumpet solo, drum solo. Instrumental. 3. (2:57) MId. Drums, guitar intro w/ guitar lead. Sax solo. Instrumental. 4. (3:12) Mid. Chuck Berry-esque intro. About, what else? surfing. Seems a bit quicker tempo would have worked better. 5. *(3:01) Mid / Fast. Guitar / sax lead intro. Cool guitar runs. Cool sax solos. Instrumental. 6. *(2:46) Slow / Mid. Flamenco with castanets. Really suave. Instrumental. 7. (0:58) Slow. Recorder (?) or flute (?) intro. Spoken vocal with Chinese-style bells. 8. *(3:53) Slow / Mid. Easy guitar, drum parts with female background vocals. Cool sax solo, reminiscent of Morphine. 9. (3:17) Mid / Fast. Guitar, drum, sax prominent. Great sax solos. Instrumental. 10. (2:22) Mid / Fast. Similar instrumentation and solos to #9. Instrumental. 11. (4:12) Mid. Western flair with a surf sound background. Instrumental. 12. (3:16) (Hidden Track) Mid. Mysterious, Ennio Morricone sound. Female choral singing the melody - instrumental otherwise. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Surf Monkey | 6. | Playa Con Dios | |||
| 2. | Party Wave | 7. | Little Dude With A 'tude | |||
| 3. | Beach Walk | 8. | Riptide | |||
| 4. | Six-Foot Stick | 9. | Mr. Moto | |||
| 5. | Go! Retrograde | 10. | Surf Ballroom '59 | |||
| 11. | The Sirens Sing Apache | |||||